Z Drogi 1920

Unknown artist

Z drogi (z dorogi) – Get off the road.

Proletarjusze wszystkich krajow laczcie sie!

As part of Soviet propaganda, Polish Communists based in Kiev, who were leading local efforts, targeted fellow Polish Communists with their messaging. The local publishing house produced a series of posters aimed at Polish workers and soldiers, including the first in a series of recruitment posters titled To the Red Army.

One such poster, titled Z Drogi, was printed in October 1920 – after the signing of the truce. This Bolshevik poster in the Polish language became part of a diplomatic incident between the 12th Soviet Army and the 6th Polish Army. The Bolsheviks accused the Polish press, allegedly influenced by the Polish military, of conducting a propaganda campaign despite the ceasefire. At the same time, the Bolsheviks themselves continued publishing persuasive posters, which, according to reports in the press, were an attempt to counter these accusations.